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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received the 2023 annual report from Bord Bia. [26485/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the ECCE capitation grant by 15% with effect from 1 January 2025. [26479/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals and couples currently registered as foster carers with Tusla; and the number of foster carers within the State in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26480/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the locations outside Dublin where emergency out-of-hours eye walk-in clinics are based; and if there are plans to increase this number. [26465/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to CAMHS psychology in CHO8 in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [26466/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 153. To ask the Minister for Health when HIQA last inspected Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [26467/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 154. To ask the Minister for Health if he has spoken formally with his Australian counterpart to date in 2024. [26468/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at Beaumont Hospital in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26469/24]

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: If we are to judge a government by how it treats its most vulnerable, and in turn those who care for the most vulnerable, then how can we judge this Government? For far too long, the voices of family carers have been completely overlooked and ignored. Day in, day out, including on the doors before the recent local and EU elections, they tell us how they feel pushed aside and abandoned by...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Sinn Féin opposes the migration and asylum pact for very good reasons and we will vote against it. In our view, the majority of the measures contained in the pact are not in Ireland’s interests. Instead, we must retain our sovereignty on these matters if we are to have an immigration system that is fair, efficient and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I confirm that I am in my office in Leinster House. May I pick up on the issue of barriers to exercising the right to repair and keep consumer durables in circulation and use? One of the issues that has been consistently raised concerns product liability and how this acts as a barrier to the increased use of repaired goods and the reuse of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. McGreal. I do not know if Senator Higgins is in the committee room but she hosted a briefing in the audiovisual room a number of weeks ago with colleagues from recycling centres in Copenhagen. They are doing lots of positive work in the area by employing a social enterprise model that we do not have here. Has the Department looked at that type of model for the city or for local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. McLoughlin. I will finish with a comment. They are not using the social enterprise model in Copenhagen, but the municipality, state and local authorities. That is a related point. We may want to see that as well and to engage with the CCMA and others about whether the local authorities can do that. Leveraging the decades-long experience of local authorities would be important...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 133. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will get a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25811/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (11 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 83.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the Copper Switch Off Working Group established with the participation of ComReg and Eir; the membership of the group; the number of times the group has met; the work programme and expected outcomes of the group; if the latter will be made publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (11 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 89.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 14 May 2024, to provide a breakdown of how the figure of 16,600 heat pump installations in existing homes was arrived at; to provide a breakdown of installations per year of the period that the figure is accounting for, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown, per scheme, per...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (11 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 90.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if only heat pumps installed in existing buildings will be counted as contributing to the 2030 target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25236/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (11 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 132.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 16 May 2024, to provide a breakdown of services that have been curtailed due to unacceptable or criminal behaviour and related risks to others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25055/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (11 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 409.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 14 May 2024, the target for heat pumps in new builds to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25235/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jun 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 458.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 29 May 2024, the number of persons who qualified for an invalidity pension on the basis of a mental health illness in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 [25028/24]